THIS WEEKEND: 9/10
The San Diego came back Wednesday with 159 yellowtail on 34 anglers. That's 4.7 fish per angler at the Coronado Islands - the best yellowtail ratio the fleet has posted all season. Full Moon peaked May 1. Conditions are clean. The timing doesn't get better than this.
THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS
159 yellowtail / 34 anglers on San Diego Wednesday - 4.7 F/A, best of the season
Grande added 75 YT on the same day; combined 234 yellowtail at the Coronados on Wednesday alone
167 bluefin tuna across three 2-day boats Tuesday - New Lo-An posted 49 with 100-lb class fish noted
First bonito of the season on New Seaforth Monday; barracuda showing on two separate trips
Yellowfin tuna: zero this week after last week's 21 across three boats - the Data Angle addresses this directly
CONDITIONS
Conditions: Variable winds under 10 knots, 3-4 ft seas, 12-13s period all weekend. Seven consecutive clean weekends.
WHY THIS WEEKEND WORKS
Full Moon May 1 means this weekend sits on the largest tidal differentials of the season (99.3% Saturday / 96.9% Sunday). Post-full moon transitions produce some of the most aggressive yellowtail feeding windows of the spring. Barometer stable at 29.94 inHg. The biological picture is as strong as it has been all season.
SOLUNAR PICK
Sunday midday, 1:30-3:30 PM. Waning gibbous at 96.9%. Post-full moon shifts the prime windows later - get lines in early, but fish hard through the afternoon transition.
BOAT OF THE WEEK
San Diego (Seaforth Landing) - 159 yellowtail on 34 anglers Wednesday. 4.7 F/A. Best single-day yellowtail ratio of the season.
THE DATA ANGLE
21 YFT last week across three boats. Zero this week. One week isn't enough to call the warm water story dead - but it's enough to ask questions. The next 2-day returns will answer them.
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